As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 21, 2020

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

APOGEE ENTERPRISES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

4400 West 78^th Street, Suite 520

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55435

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

APOGEE ENTERPRISES, INC. 2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

Meghan M. Elliott, Esq.

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

4400 West 78^th Street, Suite 520

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55435

(952) 487-7514

(Name, address and telephone number,

including area code, of agent for service)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.   ☐

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to register an additional 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.33 1/3 per share, issuable pursuant to the Apogee Enterprises, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the “Plan”). The issuance of the additional shares was approved by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company at a meeting of the Board on October 6, 2020. The Company previously registered shares of Common Stock for issuance under the Plan pursuant to Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed on July 28, 2003 (Registration No. 333-107403) and on October 9, 2015 (Registration No. 333-207364), which are hereby incorporated by reference.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (“we,” “us” or “Apogee”) are incorporated by reference in this registration statement:

All documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (other than reports (or portions thereof) on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including any exhibits included with such information, unless otherwise explicitly indicated therein) subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, are incorporated by reference herein and are a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents.

*    Filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, on October 21, 2020.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on October 21, 2020.

Exhibit 5.1

[Dorsey & Whitney LLP Letterhead]

October 21, 2020

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

4400 West 78th Street - Suite 520

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55435

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Apogee Enterprises, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), in connection with a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) relating to the registration of the offer and sale by the Company of up to 250,000 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, $0.33 1/3 par value per share, of the Company pursuant to the Apogee Enterprises, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the “Plan”).

We have examined such documents and have reviewed such questions of law as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of our opinions set forth below. In rendering our opinions set forth below, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures and the conformity to authentic originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed the legal capacity for all purposes relevant hereto of all natural persons. As to questions of fact material to our opinions, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of officers and other representatives of the Company and of public officials.

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

Our opinions expressed above are limited to the laws of the State of Minnesota.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our reports dated April 24, 2020, relating to the financial statements of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. and the effectiveness of Apogee Enterprises, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. for the year ended February 29, 2020.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota

October 21, 2020

Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph F. Puishys, Nisheet Gupta and Meghan M. Elliott, and each of them, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with the powers of substitution and revocation, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, relating to the registration of the offer and sale by the Company of up to 250,000 shares of common stock, $0.33 1/3 par value per share, of the Company pursuant to the Apogee Enterprises, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and with such state commissions and other agencies as necessary, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed by the following persons as of the dates set forth below: